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  • In memoriam: Cycling advocate Wayne Scott

    Wayne Scott never shied away from a fight, whatever the odds – and as a pedestrian and cycling advocate in Toronto the odds were usually...
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  • City backpedals on $100 million bike plan

    Life and death aren’t usually how we think about complicated (sometimes boring) City Hall budget debates. But when the issue is road safety, the public’s...
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  • Plan to widen sidewalks on Avenue Road is set for community council

    Avenue Road says a lot about our city, even if it’s no longer what we want to hear. The hilly, six-lane stretch between St. Clair...
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  • Ill hold off thanking the city for its bike lane expansion

    Last week, city council approved 40 kilometres of bike lanes as part of its pandemic "restart and recovery" plan. Most of the approved temporary and permanent...
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  • Distracted by the false promise of driverless cars

    Conversations about self-driving or driverless cars – aka “automated vehicles” or AVs – typically begin or end with: “Well, we better be ready, because AVs are...
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  • Building bike lanes from nowhere to nowhere

    The bike lane on Esther Shiner Blvd. in North York isn’t long or wide, protected from motor traffic nor connected to any other bikeway. In...
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  • John Tory’s deadly balancing act on road safety

    There have been few spaces considered too important or too beautiful to sacrifice for the automobile in Toronto. As the number of cars surged in...
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  • In memoriam: Don Watterson

    Toronto’s cycling community lost a good friend, enthusiastic promoter and gentle leader with the unexpected death of Curbside Cycle founder and owner Don Watterson. Don died...
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  • Bloor bike lanes: 120 years in the making

    The finishing touches were recently put on the Bloor Street bike lane pilot project, tying together some loose ends in Toronto's modest cycling network. We...
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  • Board scores one for immigrants

    Rating: NNNNNSlagging politicians is popular sport, so when the trustees of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) do something particularly admirable, it's only fair to...
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  • Reality Check

    Any day now Dalton McGuinty is expected to announce a new energy plan based on the power authority’s call for a $40 billion nuclear expansion....
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  • Downwind blues

    Rating: NNNNNWith summer looming, Torontoniansare sure to get reacquainted with the foulness of our air. But we aren't the only ones. And now our downwind...
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  • Foul Play

    Rating: NNNNNWith the passage of the kyoto Agreement this week, attention will now be turned to the minutiae of negotiations with polluting companies. You might...
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  • Kids with no School

    Rating: NNNNNSo you want to talk to the minister of education, Elizabeth Witmer.It's not just a question of putting up your hand. The minister is...
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  • Undercover In Beijing

    Rating: NNNNNbeijing -- i walk quickly through the dusty corridor of a drab, communist-style apartment complex. I am a bit bleary-eyed, having been awakened at...
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